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Gwen Stefani, Mariah Carey, Keith Urban, Ryan Adams, M.I.A., Fall Out Boy And Others Receive Top Honors From XM Satellite Radio's First Annual XM Nation Music Awards
XM Satellite Radio, the nation's leading satellite radio service with more than 5 million subscribers, today announced the winners of the first annual XM Nation Music Awards. Nearly 1.4 million votes were cast by music fans nationwide for nominated artists and categories selected by XM's programming staff in categories range from "Best Pop Sing-Along" to "Dream Duet" to "Artist Most Overlooked By FM Radio." Some of the winners include: Award Category Winners "XM Next" -- Most Important M.I.A. Indie Emerging Artist "On the Rise" -- Most Important Fall Out Boy Mainstream Emerging Artist "On the Rebound" -- Best Comeback Mariah Carey of the Year "Deja vu" -- Best Cover Song by "Listen to Your Heart"/D.H.T. an Established Artist (Roxette) "The Single Life Is Good" -- Gwen Stefani Best Solo Career "Dream Duet" -- Artist Shakira and Usher Collaborations We'd Like to See "Dashboard Anthem" -- Best Pop Since U Been Gone/Kelly Clarkson Sing-Along Song of 2005 "Turn Up the Heat" -- Sexiest Song Pussycat Dolls (feat. Busta Rhymes)/ Don't Cha "Solid as a Rock" -- Faith Hill & Tim McGraw Favorite Music Couple "So You Wanna Be a Movie Star?" -- Keith Urban Artists We'd Like to See Cross Over to Films "Where's My Lighter?" -- Most Cher Likely to Have Another "Final" Tour "Under the Radar" -- Artist Most Ryan Adams Overlooked by FM Radio "On the Brink" -- Last Conservative Best Unsigned Artist "XM Now" -- Most Important U2 Established Artist "This year's XM Nation Award winners really reflect the diversity among the music universe that XM brings to music fans," said Eric Logan, XM's executive vice president of programming. "The goal of the XM Nation Music Awards is to honor some of today's most talented and interesting musicians. We have struck a chord with music fans across the country by giving them the opportunity to show support for the artists they love." The awards highlighted unusual face-offs between some of the industry's biggest names including: Shakira and Usher beating out Britney Spears and Snoop Dog for "Dream Duets," Ryan Adams defeating Sigur Ros and Bright Eyes for "Artist Most Overlooked by FM Radio," Faith Hill and Tim McGraw edging out Hillary Duff and Joel Madden and Beyonce and Jay-Z for "Favorite Music Couple," and U2 triumphing over Green Day and Kanye West for "XM Now -- Most Important Established Artist." The XM Nation Music Awards set a precedent for a week of music awards and nominations, allowing music fans to be engaged in the voting process and giving them the opportunity to directly recognize and celebrate their favorite musicians. With such a high level of participation from both XM subscribers and dedicated music fans, XM plans to host the awards annually.
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